Louis, the first son and second child born
to Henry and
Adelheida Kerber was born August 25, 1882 at the family farm located in Saxton
Station, Buchanan County, Missouri. He was christened 10 Sep 1882
#12 St. Paul Lutheran Church MO-Synod; St. Joseph, Missouri with Frederich
Kerber & Lina Steinborn as his sponsors. Louis was confirmed at St.
Paul's.
Left to Right: Louis, his uncle Albert Rejewske and
brother, Herman.
My Grandfather was very fond of
his older brother. 
Louis farmed all of his life as did his son, Louis Pascal. In the 1913 Buchanan County Platte
book his father, Henry shows ownership of two sections.
He enjoyed carpentry as a hobby and once made a small table and chairs for his niece, Anna Marie. Miss Mamie or Mae Dutton was born December 1, 1885. July 27,1912 she married. She and Louie were members of Ebenezer Methodist Church .He was a old Stamper school board member and member of the Buchanan County Farm Bureau.
This a picture taken on their 50th wedding anniversary
I remember Aunt Mae being in the Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph at the same time her sister-in-law and my Grandmother Louise Seifert Kerber was also in the hospital. I was sitting with her when a nurse pushed Aunt May by wheel chair in to visit. Aunt Mae took Grandma's hand who was very weak and weary to speak. These two elderly ladies who had weathered so many of life's storms and knew they had little time left in this world just sat looking into each other's eyes.
Louie died October 18, 1964 and Mae lived on until May 22, 1978. Their resting place is at Memorial Park Cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri